Yellow Ground Dish, one of a pair, 18th century, 1-7/8 x 8-7/16 x 8-7/16 in. ( x x cm), Porcelain with cobalt blue pigment under clear glaze with ground filled with yellow enamel over clear glaze, China, 18th century, In many respects, the porcelains of the Yung-cheng reign (1723-1735) represent a high point in Ch'ing ceramics. They are exquisitely refined, artistically and technically accomplished, but seldom mechanical or contrived. The combination of blue floral sprays against a yellow ground seen here evolved during the Ming dynasty (15th-16th century)


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